San Salvador : The Government of El Salvador has partnered with Yoodli, an AI-powered roleplay and coaching platform, to strengthen doctor-patient communication across the country. As El Salvador expands access to virtual care, the government is focused on ensuring that every patient conversation, whether in-person or online, is clear, empathetic, and consistent.
Through this initiative, thousands of doctors nationwide will be supported with communication training that can scale beyond traditional workshops. Yoodli enables physicians to practice realistic patient interactions, receive immediate feedback, and build confidence in a private, judgment-free environment. The result is a stronger, more patient-centered experience delivered consistently across the healthcare system.
The Challenge: Scaling Communication Training for a Growing Virtual Care System
Clear doctor-patient communication directly affects trust, understanding, and health outcomes. As healthcare shifts toward more virtual visits, the risk of miscommunication increases, especially when conversations involve complex diagnoses, sensitive topics, or high emotional stakes.
At the same time, training every doctor through in-person programs alone is difficult to scale quickly and consistently across regions.
El Salvador needed a modern training approach that could:
Prepare doctors for high-quality virtual consultations
Standardize communication skills across a national workforce
Improve clarity and empathy in patient conversations
Deliver training at scale without requiring proportional increases in facilitator time and logistics
The Solution: AI-Powered Practice That Builds Real Skill at National Scale
Yoodli gives doctors access to realistic patient scenarios that reflect the conversations they face in real clinical settings. Physicians can practice consultations, receive real-time coaching, and improve through repetition. This is one of the most reliable ways to build confidence and long-term communication skill.
Through the program, El Salvador is enabling doctors to:
Strengthen virtual bedside manner by practicing remote consultations
Improve clarity and structure so patients better understand diagnoses and treatment plans
Practice high-stakes conversations, including emotionally sensitive scenarios
Receive consistent training nationwide, regardless of location or specialty
Scaled Adoption and Measurable Impact
In 2025, the program saw both broad reach and sustained practice. This is a strong indicator that doctors were not just trying the platform, but returning consistently to build real communication skills.
1,800+ doctors and learners trained
934,000 minutes of practice completed(The equivalent of 21 months of training time, delivered on demand across the system.)
Top participants completed hundreds of simulated consultations, with the most active users approaching 700 sessions in a single year
Several core competencies improved by 60%+, indicating meaningful skill growth and stronger communication readiness
These results reflect what matters: the ability to standardize the quality of patient communication across the country and help doctors build confidence as virtual care becomes a larger part of healthcare delivery.
Built on Secure, Scalable Google Cloud Infrastructure
To support national scale deployment, Yoodli is built on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and leverages Gemini-powered capabilities to deliver realistic AI roleplays, coaching insights, and scalable training experiences. The platform is designed for reliability, performance, and strong security standards, which are essential for public-sector environments.
Yoodli is SOC 2 Type II and GDPR-compliant, enabling a trusted implementation in systems where privacy and data protection are critical.
Want to see what Yoodli can do for your team? Learn more here or contact sales@yoodli.ai.
TL;DR: Ochsner Health partnered with Yoodli to give entry- and mid-level leaders a private, repeatable way to practice the conversations that are hardest to get right: addressing performance, developing careers, and restoring trust. Through a structured leadership development experience, leaders completed AI roleplay scenarios and demonstrated improvement across custom goals. The result: leaders who feel more prepared, a development team with objective data to act on, and a scalable model for strengthening leadership capability across a complex, distributed health system.
Background
Ochsner Health is a leading healthcare system across the Gulf South, focused on delivering high-quality, reliable care to the patients and communities they serve. Their leadership development team partners with stakeholders across the system to strengthen leader effectiveness, particularly in areas that directly impact patient access, quality and safety, and employee and patient experience.
The Challenge Before Yoodli
Leaders at Ochsner regularly faced high-stakes conversations that shaped team performance, employee engagement, and ultimately patient care. Three conversation types stood out as both common and consistently challenging: addressing declining performance, conducting career development discussions, and restoring trust after it has been strained or broken.
While leaders were introduced to frameworks and best practices, opportunities for meaningful, repeatable skill practice were limited. In a healthcare system as large and complex as Ochsner, it was difficult to implement conversation practice that is both consistent across the organization and scalable for large numbers of leaders.
There were also significant gaps in feedback. Leaders were frequently focused on providing feedback to their teams, but fewer mechanisms existed to give leaders targeted, objective feedback on their own communication skills.
The team at Ochsner knew that when leaders are underprepared or avoid these conversations, the cost is felt by their teams and ultimately by patients. Underdeveloped conversation skills can negatively impact the employee experience, individual performance, and a person’s decision to stay with a team or the organization.
The Solution
Ochsner’s leadership development team partnered with Yoodli to design a structured, practice-based AI roleplay experience for entry- to mid-level leaders. The program was built around three core conversation types: performance, career development, and trust restoration, with Yoodli’s platform fully customized to reflect Ochsner’s organizational context, language, and leadership standards.
Why Yoodli
Ochsner selected Yoodli for its combination of realistic, customizable roleplay, robust analytics, and ability to scale across a large, geographically distributed system. The platform allows Ochsner to reach leaders across different regions and audiences that the central team cannot visit regularly, while still delivering consistent, high-quality practice.
Implementation and how Yoodli was used:
Program Design
The leadership development team, in partnership with senior leadership, identified a need for entry to mid-level leaders to have a structured way of practicing and improving how they approached critical conversations. Participating leaders represented a range of roles and experience levels, most managing teams and responsible for navigating complex interpersonal situations.
Each leader worked through roleplay scenarios spanning the three conversation types. The Ochsner team and their subject matter experts built out a set of custom goals, each with its own scoring criteria and coaching language, in order to make feedback feel specific and relevant rather than generic. To keep practice realistic, Yoodli featured three distinct AI personas (enthusiastic, blunt, and skeptical), giving leaders a chance to navigate the kinds of personalities they would actually encounter.
Leaders had a defined practice period with flexibility in how they engaged, as this was designed to fit into a busy day while still driving progress. There were no grades on a first try, no manager watching over their shoulder, just a low-stakes space to try, stumble, and get better.
Leaders completed roleplay scenarios across three conversation types
Twelve custom goals were designed in partnership with subject matter experts, customized with user-facing descriptions, scoring criteria, and analytical explanations
Three distinct AI personas, enthusiastic, blunt, and skeptical, gave leaders experience navigating a range of personality types
Practice was self-paced, judgment-free, and repeatable, allowing leaders to build confidence over time
THE RESULTS
The data told a clear story: practice worked. Rather than improving in just one area, leaders strengthened goals across core dimensions of effective leadership communication:
Driving Ownership and Accountability
Goals such as empowering ownership, clarifying expectations, clarity on growth goals, and practicing accountability saw some of the largest gains overall. These behaviors are critical for setting direction, reinforcing standards, and ensuring team members take responsibility for outcomes.
Building Trust and Psychological Safety
Leaders also improved in confronting reality, talking truthfully, extending trust, creating transparency, fostering psychological safety, and keeping commitments. These are essential for fostering open dialogue and strong team relationships, particularly in high-stakes environments.
Shared Understanding and Alignment
Goals such as perspective-taking and working toward shared solutions showed improvement, reflecting stronger confidence in addressing challenges directly while maintaining alignment and respect.
Several key patterns stood out in the data:
The three goals with the largest improvement—empowering ownership, extending trust, and clarifying expectations—were also among the lowest starting scores, suggesting that targeted practice helped address the areas of greatest initial need.
Leaders demonstrated progress across both relational and execution-focused skills, reinforcing that effective leadership communication requires both.
WHAT LEADERS SAID
The numbers provided by Yoodli analytics reflect improvement on paper, however what leaders described as the biggest shift was in how they were showing up for their teams after their training. They talked about getting better at stepping back instead of jumping in with answers, creating space for team members to take ownership, recognizing patterns in how they asked questions and listening more carefully to the responses, and setting clearer expectations from the start of a conversation rather than trying to course-correct later. Senior leadership has also seen the impact of this work:
“Yoodli provided our leaders with a valuable opportunity to practice engaging in courageous conversations in a private, low-risk setting. The platform delivered immediate, actionable feedback—particularly around tone and word choice—while incorporating a variety of scenarios and personality types. As a result, we have seen a meaningful improvement in both the quality of these discussions and in leaders’ confidence to thoughtfully engage and remain present in challenging conversations.”
— Stephanie Wells, System Vice President-Revenue Cycle, Ochsner Health
THE IMPACT ON OCHSNER’S BUSINESS NEEDS
These leadership conversations directly impact patient access, quality and safety, and employee and patient experience. Patient access depends on leaders who can set clear expectations, address performance gaps early, and empower team members to take ownership of throughput, scheduling, and handoffs. Practicing these conversations helps leaders surface barriers faster and reduce avoidable friction in patient care. Quality and safety are strengthened when leaders consistently create psychological safety and talk truthfully. Leaders who are practiced in confronting reality without blame are more likely to hear about risks and concerns before they escalate. Skills such as clarifying expectations, extending trust, and holding people accountable are the same skills required in highly complex care environments. Employee and patient experience hinge on daily leadership interactions. When leaders listen more carefully, resist jumping straight to solutions, and involve team members in problem-solving, employees experience greater respect, clarity, and ownership. That experience is inseparable from the experience patients ultimately receive.
This kind of practice is especially powerful because it happens before the real consequences are at stake. By rehearsing critical conversations, leaders build muscle memory they can draw on when the pressure is real. Instead of learning through mistakes that affect people and patients, leaders arrive more prepared, intentional, and consistent. AI-enabled practice helps reduce risk and strengthen performance readiness. It strengthens the human interactions for Ochsner team members to deliver safe, timely, high-quality care at scale.
WHAT’S NOW POSSIBLE
For Ochsner’s leadership development team, the most valuable output wasn’t just better-prepared leaders, but also visibility. They had objective, scenario-based data on how their leaders communicate, not filtered through a manager’s perception or a self-assessment, but captured through structured practice in controlled conditions.
That kind of data changed what’s possible for learning and development. The team can now see which skills need more investment, which leaders are ready and which need more support, and where to focus development resources across a large, distributed system. It’s the difference between designing programs based on intuition and designing them based on evidence.
WHAT’S NEXT FOR OCHSNER
The results from this initial experience gave Ochsner’s leadership development team enough confidence to expand. What began as a focused pilot cohort has grown into a broader rollout in Yoodli across the organization, reaching more leaders, more functions, and more conversation types.
The team is now focused on connecting practice to performance, examining whether the gains leaders showed in Yoodli translate to observable changes in how they lead their teams day to day. That includes direct-report feedback, on-the-job behavior, and longer-term retention and engagement outcomes.
The ambition is bigger than a single program. Ochsner sees AI-enabled practice as a core part of how they develop leaders at scale, and this work has served as an important foundation.
ADVICE FOR OTHER HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS
The Ochsner team offered three pieces of advice they’d tell any organization considering this kind of program:
Bring your subject matter experts in early. The scenarios and goals only feel real if they reflect the actual language, context, and challenges of your organization. Don’t leave that customization to chance.
Build your governance structure before you launch. Think through who owns the admin, how programs are organized, and how you’ll use the data coming out of the tool. It’s much easier to set up the right structure at the start than to untangle it later.
Stay curious about what else is possible. Ochsner started with a focused exploration of the tool. The use cases have already expanded, and they’re just getting started.
Want to learn how Yoodli can support training and leadership development at your organization? Contact our team.
Case Study | Education & Language Learning | AI Tutor
TL;DR
Accepted Egypt, an intensive English language training program based in Cairo, partnered with Yoodli after evaluating multiple AI tools over more than a year. Yoodli was the only platform that delivered genuine two-way conversational AI, custom rubric-based scoring, and behavior-controlled AI personas, without requiring extensive prompting or technical expertise.
In 6 months: 75+ learners enrolled, 613+ hours of AI practice completed, 9.3k roleplay practices across ~260 lessons, 76% of learners improved by 20+ points on English speaking skills, and 47% graduates secured employment in Egypt’s Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector, with salary increases from 10,000 EGP to 22,000 EGP per month (2.2x).
Background
Accepted Egypt is an intensive English language training program that helps Arabic-speaking adults in Cairo enhance their English communication skills to qualify for higher-paying employment, particularly in Egypt’s rapidly growing BPO sector and call center industry.
The program takes learners from beginner (A1) to job-ready (B1+) proficiency within 60 to 90 days through a combination of daily instructor-led sessions and high-volume guided AI practice tasks.
Founded by Mohamed Farahat, a former Teleperformance Egypt quality analyst and recruiter, Accepted Egypt was built on a single insight: Egypt’s skilled labor market faces a structural gap. Global companies are relocating operations to Egypt driven by cost advantages (1 USD = 50 EGP), but consistently struggle to find workers with the English proficiency required for client-facing roles. Accepted Egypt bridges that gap, combining structured language instruction with AI-powered practice at scale.
Challenge
Before Yoodli, Accepted Egypt spent more than a year evaluating and using alternative AI practice platforms. Other tools missed the mark in these critical areas:
No Custom Content Upload
Most platforms come with pre-built content libraries that cannot be modified. This forced a painful choice: either adapt the institution’s curriculum to match the vendor’s content, or accept that students would practice tasks completely unrelated to what they learned in class. A student trained on describing personal memories in an Egyptian context would go home to practice tasks about topics like ‘Day of the Dead’, a culturally disconnected experience that undermined learning transfer and student motivation.
No Genuine Two-Way Conversation
The majority of tools operate on a ‘press a button, say a sentence’ model. Students repeat phrases or respond to static prompts. There is no back-and-forth, no follow-up question, no conversational pressure, no simulation of a real interaction. This is fundamentally different from what a BPO job requires, where an agent must listen, process, and respond dynamically in real time.
No AI Behavior Control
Some tools offer a form of conversational AI, but with no backend control over how the AI behaves. Building a realistic scenario required 30 to 45 minutes of detailed prompting, and even then the results were inconsistent and unpredictable.
Credit Exhaustion Kills Practice
Platforms simply stopped responding when credits ran out, mid-session, without warning. For a program that requires students to complete four practice tasks per day, five days per week, this kind of interruption is operationally unacceptable.
The Solution
After more than a year of evaluation, Yoodli was selected as the only platform that met all of Accepted Egypt’s core requirements simultaneously:
Genuine Two-Way Conversational AI English Training
Yoodli enables real-time, spoken back-and-forth dialogue. The AI does not just wait for a student to finish speaking, it engages, challenges, asks follow-up questions, and responds to what the student actually says. This mirrors the conversational demands of a real BPO role in a way no other evaluated tool could replicate.
Custom Content: Built Around Our Curriculum
Yoodli allows institutions to build practice scenarios from scratch using their own content. At Accepted Egypt, every AI practice task is built directly from the lesson taught that day: same vocabulary, same functional language, same context. Students practice exactly what they learned. This closes the gap between instruction and practice that undermined every other tool we tried.
AI Behavior That Works Without Extensive Prompting
Yoodli’s backend AI behavior system is the most significant differentiator. A prompt that would take 30 to 45 minutes to build on another platform takes 5 to 10 minutes on Yoodli, and produces better results. The AI understands context. If the scenario requires a frustrated customer who gradually calms down when handled professionally, Yoodli delivers that naturally. It does not need to be told every single thing, as long as the situation is set up correctly, the AI does the job.
Yoodli also provides a measure of prompt quality, indicating whether a prompt is likely to produce a strong, medium, or weak AI interaction. This feedback loop helped our instructors improve their content creation skills over time, without requiring any technical background in AI or prompt engineering.
Multiple Personas: Variety at Scale
Yoodli supports multiple AI personas within a single program. Students at Accepted Egypt are exposed to different conversational styles, accents, interaction patterns, and character types. From patient tutors to assertive interviewers to demanding customers. This variety prevents adaptation to a single AI voice and builds genuine conversational flexibility.
Custom Rubric-Based Scoring Across Five Dimensions
Every practice session at Accepted Egypt is scored across 5 speaking dimensions:
Fluency: smoothness and natural flow of speech
Grammar: accuracy of sentence structure
Pronunciation: clarity and intelligibility
Natural English: use of idiomatic, contextually appropriate language
Tonality: appropriate register, warmth, and professionalism
These rubrics are custom-built for each proficiency level (A1 through B1+), and become progressively more demanding as students advance. A score of 4/5 at A2 requires a higher standard of performance at B1, ensuring students are continuously challenged, not just repeating the same level of effort.
Results of AI English Training
Across 6 months of deployment, the Yoodli-powered program at Accepted Egypt delivered measurable outcomes across four dimensions:
Beyond the quantitative results, Accepted Egypt’s experience highlights several qualitative outcomes that speak to the AI Tutor’s differentiated value:
Competitive tool replacement: After more than a year with previous solutions and evaluations of multiple alternatives, Yoodli was the only tool that met Accepted Egypt’s requirements for two-way conversational AI, custom rubric scoring, and scalable guided practice
Behavioral AI quality: Yoodli that the system “is smart enough so I don’t have to tell it every single thing, as long as I set up the situation, the AI does the job.” Compared to other services where prompting an angry customer persona required extensive effort and produced unrealistic extremes, Yoodli’s AI produced natural, context-appropriate responses with minimal prompting.
User-friendly design: Teachers with no AI or prompting background can create and manage practice scenarios, lowering the barrier to scaling the program beyond Mohamed’s direct involvement.
WHAT’S NEXT
Q2 2026: Scaling to 400+ Learners
Accepted Egypt is launching a major Q2 initiative targeting 400+ learners, partnering with educational influencers across Egypt to reach new audiences. Yoodli’s AI Tutor will serve as the core practice engine for this expanded cohort. The first institutional-scale AI English training deployment of its kind in Egypt.
AI Tutor-Led Instruction
Accepted Egypt is actively testing Yoodli’s screen sharing and PowerPoint integration to explore delivering full structured lessons, not just practice tasks, through the AI Tutor. If successful, this shifts the business model from instructor-dependent delivery to AI-led tutoring at scale. This allows the program to serve significantly more learners without proportional instructor overhead.
Beyond English: Finance, Management, and Professional Skills
The architecture Accepted Egypt has built on Yoodli, custom rubrics, progressive difficulty, persona-based practice, is not limited to language learning. Future programs will use the same framework to tutor learners on finance for non-financial professionals, people management, and business communication skills. Yoodli’s AI is smart enough to operate across domains as long as the situation is set up correctly, and Accepted Egypt intends to prove that at scale.
University Partnerships
Accepted Egypt is in early discussions with Egyptian universities to integrate Yoodli into their learning cycles, bringing AI-powered speaking practice to thousands of students who currently have no access to structured conversational English training.
The Middle East Opportunity
Egypt is not an isolated case. Across the Middle East and North Africa, the same structural gap exists: a growing demand for English-proficient workers in BPO, technology, and professional services, and a workforce that lacks the conversational practice infrastructure to meet that demand. The economic incentive is significant: in Egypt alone, the difference between a non-English-proficient worker and a B1-level English speaker is a salary increase of more than 100%.
Accepted Egypt represents proof that Yoodli can operate at institutional scale in this market, with measurable outcomes, high engagement, and real employment results. The opportunity to expand this model across the region is significant, and Accepted Egypt is positioned to be Yoodli’s regional implementation partner as that expansion unfolds.
ABOUT ACCEPTED EGYPT
Accepted Egypt is an intensive English language training program based in Cairo that helps Arabic-speaking adults enhance their English proficiency within 60 to 90 days to qualify for higher-paying employment in Egypt’s growing BPO and technology sectors. The program combines daily instructor-led sessions with AI-powered guided practice to deliver rapid fluency gains at scale.
ABOUT YOODLI
Yoodli is a secure, experiential learning platform that uses AI roleplays to help individuals and teams practice real-world conversations, presentations, and professional interactions. With AI Tutor, AI Roleplays, and continuous coaching, Yoodli closes the loop between learning, practice, and real-world performance. The Seattle-based company is trusted by Fortune 100 companies, leading training providers, and educational institutions to deliver scalable, judgment-free coaching across sales, leadership, customer success, and language learning. Learn more at yoodli.ai.
In a recent impassioned speech, Cory Booker delivered a fiery defense of vulnerable social programs like Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. His delivery wasn’t just about policy, it was about people.
But how do we know what made the speech land — or where it risked losing its impact?
Here’s what Yoodli picked up on, and what we can learn from it.
What Booker Got Right
Yoodli: “Your passion shines through in your speech and establishes a strong emotional connection with your audience.”
From the opening lines to the closing appeals, the speaker used heartfelt personal anecdotes — like letters from struggling constituents — to humanize political issues. One standout line pulled straight from the Yoodli feedback:
“But if America hasn’t broken your heart, you don’t love her enough.”
It’s powerful. Vulnerable. And it communicates urgency without needing statistics.
Emotion drives action. Whether you’re a policymaker or a seller, if your audience feels something, they’re more likely to engage.
What Could Be Better
Despite the passion, Yoodli flagged a common pitfall: the speech felt repetitive and lacked concise phrasing in parts.
Yoodli: “Your speech often feels repetitive and lacks concise phrasing, reducing its impact.”
To address this, Yoodli recommended using the Rule of Three — a classic communication technique that clusters ideas into punchy, memorable triads. For instance, instead of long paragraphs, a line like this could be stronger:
“Reduced office locations, longer processing times, and denied benefits.”
Structure doesn’t limit emotion — it supports it. The most powerful speeches marry heart with clarity.
Why it Matters
Whether you’re in government, sales, or advocacy, public speaking is more than just what you say — it’s how you say it. Tools like Yoodli make that visible by giving leaders real-time, personalized coaching on:
Emotional tone
Word choice and filler usage
Clarity and pacing
Persuasive structure
In this case, Yoodli surfaced both the passion that made the speech compelling and the opportunities to tighten its delivery — so the message hits harder.
The Takeaway
The heart of democracy is communication. When we equip leaders with tools to speak with clarity and conviction, we don’t just improve speeches — we move people.
Whether you’re coaching a candidate or crafting a sales pitch: emotional intelligence plus AI feedback is a game-changer.
Ready for your own game-changing speedh? Check us out!
Note: This analysis reflects feedback from Yoodli’s AI and does not represent the views or political affiliations of the Yoodli team.
We’re excited to announce a strategic partnership between Yoodli and Arist, combining two leading platforms to revolutionize how go-to-market teams learn, practice, and perform.
What This Means for Customers
Arist customers can now access Yoodli’s AI-powered roleplays to help onboard reps faster, reinforce key skills, and reduce the burden on frontline managers.
Yoodli customers can now leverage Arist’s rapid mobile-first learning platform to push critical updates – from AI upskilling to competitive shifts – to reps in real-time via SMS, Microsoft Teams, and Slack.
Alt: Companies like Novartis, Ecolab and ExxonMobil rely on Arist to push critical updates and training to reps in the tools they are already addicted to. Companies like Google, FranklinCovey, Sandler, Korn Ferry rely on Yoodli to deliver scalable, AI-driven practice. Thanks to this partnership, enablement teams don’t need to choose between speed to market and real-time sales practice.
“Sales enablement is evolving fast. Combining Arist’s mobile-first training with Yoodli’s AI roleplays means teams can now learn, practice, and reinforce skills—all without pulling reps off the floor. It’s a win-win for productivity and performance.”
— Varun Puri, CEO at Yoodli
“We’re excited to partner with Yoodli to offer the next generation of just-in-time training. Our joint solution pushes critical info to where reps already are, builds confidence through AI coaching, and ultimately drives outcomes faster.”
— Michael Ioffe, CEO at Arist
Why It Matters
Traditional training is hard to scale and often fails to stick. This partnership brings together the best of both worlds: bite-sized, mobile-first content from Arist, and personalized, AI-powered roleplay practice from Yoodli.
The impact speaks for itself:
• AI Roleplays boosts operational efficiency by 40% and helps reps achieve a 3x+ improvement in quota attainment.
• Arist customers report pushing critical info like product and competitive updates months faster, 10x’ing the speed and adoption of critical training.
Together, this solution empowers enablement teams to move faster, coach smarter, and drive performance at scale.
Want to Learn More?
To learn more about how your team can benefit from this partnership, reach out to sales@yoodli.ai.
Today I want to share something that has absolutely transformed my professional journey – Yoodli AI Roleplays! SQUIRREL! Sorry about that. Where was I? Oh yes, Yoodli!
Yoodli is like Grammarly, but for barking! It helps me practice all kinds of conversations, from pitching my startup idea (Indy’s Innovative Treat Dispensers—still looking for investors, btw) to asking for more belly rubs in a professional yet persuasive manner. You can even use it for your whole pack if you want!
For example, before Yoodli, my request for extra dinner sounded like: bark bark (jumping) whine whine (big eyes) bark bark BARK. Effective? Sometimes. But with Yoodli, I practiced a more structured approach with 3 talking points as to why an extra serving of dinner is crucial to my productivity:
More Food, More Fetch – “Extra dinner means extra energy, which means I can chase the ball even faster. It’s a win-win.”
Bowl-flation is Real – “I’ve crunched the numbers. They were delicious. But I still need more.”
Emotional Support Snack – “Dinner is great, but have you considered the mental health benefits of a little extra? Happiness levels would skyrocket.”
And guess what? It worked.
Also, my attention span? Not great. But Yoodli gives me real-time feedback and keeps me focused! I no longer interrupt important meetings by suddenly thinking about how good sticks are. (They’re really good, though.) The only thing it can’t do is give me fingers for typing, so I’m using Wispr Flow to write this blog post. Sometimes my nose gets on the keyboard and makes tyyyypes loook likeeeeee thisssssss. But that gets fixed when my human edits the ruff draft.
So anyway if you’re a dog—or, I suppose, a human—looking to improve your communication, give Yoodli a try! And if you made it this far, congrats, you’ve just been part of my April Fool’s prank. Or have you? Woof woof.
See you on LinkedIn! Stay pawsitive! 🐾
Chief Barketing Officer | Professional Good Boy | Speaker | LinkedIn Thought Leader | Expert Ball Catcher
Google’s AI-powered chatbot, Bard AI, was only just recently released in 2023. As such, not many people know the ins and outs of this incredible tool.
In our comprehensive guide, we’ll give you the rundown on all the most important things you need to know Bard AI, including:
A brief history
How it works
How to use it
And seven tips and tricks to make your life easier using Bard AI (and more!)
What Is Bard AI?
Bard AI is Google’s conversational AI chat bot. It’s an experimental tool, similar to services like ChatGPT.
It’s pretty widely accessible, as Bard AI can be used in over 230 countries and territories. It also offers capabilities in languages besides English, too.
Why is it called Bard AI?
The reason why Google named its tool Bard AI is a bit endearing. The name Bard AI is based on its capabilities as a storyteller, like a bard. A bard usually refers to someone who writes poetry, songs, or stories.
When was Bard AI released?
Bard AI was released on March 21, 2023. It was first announced earlier that year in February through a press release from Sundar Pichai, Google and Alphabet’s CEO.
Is Bard AI available for anyone?
This tool became available to those on a waitlist basis on March 21, 2023. Currently, anyone can use Bard AI, so long as they have a personal Google account and are a legal adult (18 years or older).
If you don’t have a Google account, you can create one for free and get access to it.
How Does Bard AI Work?
Bard AI works by using generative AI technology. Although the concept of Bard AI was new, the technology it uses was created two years prior to its release. Google released its Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA) before the company launched Bard.
Today, Bard AI uses an extremely complex large language model (LLM) — referred to as PaLM 2 — to allow the chat bot to perform even better than before. Compared to the first iteration of Bard AI, the version that uses PaLM 2 is much more efficient and useful.
Google relies on its own “in house” LLMs, LaMDA, and PaLM 2. This is a stark difference from GPT apps like ChatGPT, ChatSonic AI, and Bing Chat, since they all use language models from — you guessed it — the GPT series.
One of the best things about Bard AI is that it’s a conversational model with responses that can be more user friendly. For example, if a user were to prompt the tool by inputting, “What are the best restaurants in Atlanta, Georgia?” it not only gives users a list of quality restaurants, but it also goes a step further and gives more context on why they’re considered the best.
It’s also adept at assisting through follow-up questions, which is a newer function when it comes to these types of models. Other AI apps, such as Yoodli — a speech communication coach that analyzes a user’s speech to help them improve — use AI to generate relevant follow-up questions.
For example, if you use Yoodli to prepare for an upcoming interview, it can ask you intelligent follow-up questions to best help you prepare for and excel at a potential interview. This tool can even flag unconscious bias you might have that you aren’t aware of.
Learn more about this capability below:
Like Bard AI, Yoodli uses generative AI to improve your speech.
With regard to Bard AI, it also allows you to double check responses through fact-checking.
How to Use Google Bard AI
Learning how to use Google Bard AI isn’t as complex as you’d think. It’s very user friendly, even for folks who haven’t experimented with AI or AI chatbots.
In fact, you can use it in a great number of ways. Some examples include using the tool to:
Answer questions you have
Plan a coworker’s baby shower
Brainstorm a plot for a novel
Draft emails for work
Learn more about a subject
Get new ideas for your poetry anthology
Translate languages
7 Tips + Tricks for Using Bard AI
There’s no question about it: Bard AI is an incredibly useful tool. But if you don’t know how to use it properly, or if you feel overwhelmed by all its capabilities, that usefulness is a moot point.
If you’d like to explore this AI chatbot in all its glory, you’re in the right place. Here are seven tips and tricks for using Bard AI to your advantage.
1. Check out the image analysis function.
One of the newer tips and tricks for using Bard AI is with regard to image analysis. For example, if you have an image that you’d like more information on, you can share the picture with Bard and it can:
Provide you with context around the photo
Give you more information on the content of the image
Generate content based on the picture you provide
If you’re a student, you could take a picture of your handwritten notes that you took during your biology lecture and ask Bard AI to summarize them for you. For people who travel, you can also ask Google’s AI tool to create an Instagram-worthy caption for your vacation pictures.
2. Let Bard AI plan your next vacation for you.
Speaking of traveling, Bard AI can also ease your stress and help you plan a trip. There are many ways to go about this. One way is to ask for information on a particular place you’d like to visit (i.e., “Tell me more about [specific destination].”).
You could also ask for itinerary activities based on your destination (i.e., “What are some fun things to do in Okinawa, Japan?”).
3. Compose drafts for cover letters, emails, or even business plans.
It can be tough starting a draft, whether it’s an email for work or a cover letter for a new job potential. Believe it or not, Bard AI can help you compose drafts and the opportunities are endless. Just a few examples of what Bard can help you draft include:
Articles
Presentations
Social media posts
Emails
Poems
Resumes
Reports
Letters of recommendation
Blog posts
Scripts
All you have to do is prompt Bard by typing a command like: “Draft a [whatever you’d like to draft].”
4. Eliminate writers’ block or creative slumps.
Writers’ block — or any creative slump for that matter — can be beyond frustrating. With Bard AI though, you can brainstorm creative ideas for anything you’re interested in.
For example, Bard can help you brainstorm for things like:
Marketing and social media campaigns
Business taglines and slogans
Products and services (including how to improve existing ones)
Solutions to problems in your professional or personal life
5. Get a better idea of your options and which is best for you.
If you’re an indecisive person (or just having trouble choosing between a few options), Bard’s got your back. This AI tool can evaluate options, provide context, and help you choose which one would be best for you.
For example, you might ask something like, “Where are the best vegan restaurants in Kentucky?” and Bard AI will let you know the top rated vegan restaurants with context to help you choose. You could also ask something like, “What are the pros and cons of having a microwedding instead of a large wedding?” to help you make the best decision.
6. Learn how to code and get an introduction to programming.
For people learning how to code or programmers looking to simplify their process, Bard is a valuable resource. It can help you explain aspects of code and what they mean, for example. You can also use it to get a better idea of what the result of a snippet of code would produce.
7. Get some help starting a new project or hobby.
For people who need a little extra push or guidance starting a new project or hobby, Bard AI can help. Simply ask the chatbot something like, “What tools do I need to start crocheting?” or “What’s the best way to start learning how to skateboard?” Maybe, you need some tips for how to speak passionately. It all depends on your personal goals.
You could even ask Bard to make you a plan, like: “Make me a 2-week plan for getting started learning Tamil.”
Bard AI vs. ChatGPT
Both Bard AI and ChatGPT are chatbots that use machine learning (i.e., using LLMs) and natural language processing.
The biggest, most significant difference between Bard AI and ChatGPT is that Bard relies on information pulled straight from the internet. Bard can also pull information from other services and apps specific to Google, including things like:
Docs
Drive
Gmail
Flights
Hotels
Maps
YouTube
With OpenAI’s ChatGPT, however, the responses you’ll get are only accurate up until 2021. ChatGPT was trained on data up to 2021, so anything that’s happened after that year isn’t in this tool’s capabilities.
Another big difference is that ChatGPT is only available in one language: English. On the other hand, Bard AI offers 40 different languages.
Best Bard AI Alternatives
Because AI — particularly generative AI — is such an up-and-coming, exciting area of exploration in tech, there are tons of alternatives to Bard AI.
Here are the five best Bard AI alternatives worth checking out as you explore the chatbot universe.
Similarly to Bard AI, ChatSonic AI uses Google’s search engine to provide users with images or written text. It uses WriteSonic, a text generator that uses AI.
However, unlike Bard AI, ChatSonic AI isn’t free. Instead, you’ll have to pay for a monthly subscription to access all the tools ChatSonic offers, so it’s not as accessible to people.
You.com is a German search engine and created YouChat, an AI chatbot. Similar to other AI chatbots, YouChat can do things like answer any questions you have and give you sources to back up the information, which is very helpful and necessary in the age of misinformation.
This Bard AI alternative is another chatbot powered by AI. However, Jasper Chat has a different target audience: businesses that need brand-specific content. For example, it can help:
Create content relevant to a company’s brand
Have relevant, informative conversations with clients
Neeva — a German search engine brand — created Neeva AI. This tool has the ability to analyze multiple sources of information and condense them into one cohesive answer. For transparency, Neeva AI also gives users hyperlinks to the sources it cited. Using these sources, Neeva’s tool can also use direct quotes in its responses.
OpenAI and Microsoft partnered to create Microsoft Bing, a true Bard AI competitor. This AI tool will do the same things Bard does, except through Bing search results. So for example, a user can ask Microsoft Bing a question and the AI tool will use the search results to provide an answer.
It also has the same natural language chat function Bard AI does, where users can talk to it like a person.
Bard AI FAQs
All things considered, this concept is still relatively new. In fact, many people haven’t even heard of Bard, let alone used it. As such, there are many questions about this AI tool that are still up in the air to some folks.
Here are the top Bard AI FAQs to answer your most commonly asked questions.
What languages does Bard AI offer?
Bard AI offers capabilities in 40 different languages, including Arabic, Chinese (simplified and traditional), English, Farsi, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, and Vietnamese.
Some of the other languages you can use include:
Bengali
Bulgarian
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Estonian
Finnish
Greek
Gujarati
Hebrew
Hungarian
Indonesian
Italian
Kannada
Latvian
Lithuanian
Malayalam
Marathi
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Romanian
Serbian
Slovak
Slovenian
Swedish
Tamil
Telugu
Thai
Turkish
Ukrainian
Urdu
Can you conduct a reverse image search on Bard AI?
In a way, you can conduct a reverse image search on Bard AI. Google added multimodal search in updates released in July 2023, so you can input text as well as images into its search bar.
To offer a multimodal search capability, Google integrated Google Lens directly into Bard. With this option, you can provide the chatbot with an image and the tool can give you more information on the picture.
Are there drawbacks to Bard AI?
Bard AI has received some negative feedback from users who reported the chatbot gave them factually incorrect responses.
Perhaps the most famous incident that kicked off this controversy happened at the tool’s launch.
A demo of Bard AI’s capabilities — posted in a Tweet by Google — showed the prompt: “What new discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope can I tell my 9-year-old about?”
Bard’s response was: “JWST took the very first pictures of a planet outside of our own solar system.”
This, as you might’ve guessed, is a huge fact error, which folks on Twitter were quick to point out. Astronomers in particular highlighted the actual first pictures of a planet outside our solar system, which were taken by an observatory on Earth in 2004. As a consequence, Google’s market value dropped $100 billion the following day.
Other drawbacks to thisAI chatbot include that it:
Doesn’t automatically include sources in its responses
Can have trouble answering simple questions from users
Has a slower response time than other similar tools
Is Bard AI free?
As of 2023, Bard AI is completely free for anyone to use, so long as they’re 18 years or older and have a Google account. There’s also no signs that this will change any time soon.
Google as a brand is known for offering its services for free, and assuming it’ll be integrated into Google’s search engine, it doesn’t look like Google will be charging users in the near future.
Does Bard AI use images in its responses?
Yes, Bard AI can use images in its responses to user prompts. In May 2023, it received updates that allow this capability.
When a user asks a question or prompts Bard AI and an image can add value to its answer, the AI tool will provide pictures to better illustrate its response.
The Key Takeaway
Bard AI is an incredible tool that virtually anyone can use to their advantage. Whether you’re looking for a great vegetarian recipe to get rid of those sprouting potatoes on your counter or you’re searching for the best waterfall spots in South Carolina, this AI tool can provide you with answers and information.
The field of AI is still in its infancy, but there are plenty of other AI-powered resources to check out, from Yoodli to YouChat.
Learning how to write an obituary can be a draining, exhausting task. But it doesn’t have to be.
Even though it’s a somber occasion, obituaries are written to honor a loved one who’s died, and they can be beautiful recollections of the person’s life.
We’ll help you learn how to write an obituary, including what to say, what not to say, and how to use our obituary template.
What Is an Obituary?
An obituary is a type of notice that acknowledges someone’s death.
These kinds of announcements are created to let other people know details about things like:
Burial services
Memorials
Funeral plans
Viewing details
Obituaries also exist as a written memorial for a loved one. As such, they usually include information about the person and the life they lived.
How to Write an Obituary
If you’re tasked with writing an obituary, you might feel anxious, especially if you’ve never written one. Luckily, learning how to write an obituary isn’t as complex as it might seem at first.
A great place to start is identifying some important details about the person. For example, it’s a good idea to include information such as:
Their full name
Where they lived
How old they were when they died
When they died (you could also include the city and state where they died)
Names of family members who passed away before the person
Any surviving family members’ names
In a nutshell, an obituary can act as a concise overview of the person’s life.
Aside from including information about your loved one, you’ll also want to add any details about an upcoming memorial service or funeral. An obituary is also a good place to specify whether or not the memorial service is a public or private event.
Although not all obituaries include this, you can also add details about where other people can send donations.
When learning how to write an obituary, keep in mind that you have total control of what you include and you can absolutely leave out information as you see fit.
After you’ve completely finished your obituary, review it line by line and fact-check it to make sure all the dates, facts, and spellings, and other information is correct. It might be a good idea to let another family member review it too just for an extra set of eyes.
You can also use Yoodli to review your obituary. Here’s how.
Yoodli, a communication coach app, uses AI technology to analyze a person’s speech. Try recording yourself reading your obituary and upload it to Yoodli. You’ll get immediate analytics related to your speech and speaking patterns, such as filler word usage, word choice, speaking rate, and other metrics.
When Yoodli analyzes your obituary, it’ll give you actionable tips to make your obit better. For example, Yoodli might target specific areas of your obituary to tighten up. Not only that, but it’ll give you specific suggestions for how you should reword problematic or awkward areas.
Plus, experts say that reading your writing aloud is a great way to review it since you’re more likely to spot grammatical errors, misspellings, and other kinds of mistakes.
Still, you can use Yoodli for more than reviewing your obituary. Learn more about it below.
After you learn how to write an obituary, read it out loud to analyze it with Yoodli.
What should you not include in an obituary?
There are definitely some things you shouldn’t include in an obituary. Here are three quick things to not include in an obituary.
1. Your (or your loved one’s) mother’s maiden name
Although it’s pretty common to include a person’s maiden name in an obituary, scammers will use obituaries to find out this exact information. They can use the maiden name to answer security questions and potentially hack into your online accounts.
You can still include the maiden name, but just know it carries a small risk.
2. Your loved one’s address
Never include an exact address in your obituary. When you’re first learning how to write an obituary, it might seem natural to include this information, but it can be dangerous to share such sensitive information, even in an obit.
Believe it or not, people occasionally look to obituaries to find out when the service will be, where the family lives, and for how long they’ll be out of the house.
3. Negative emotions toward the person who’s passed
There’s a chance that you weren’t close to the person who died. If that’s the case, try not to be tempted to include negativity when figuring out how to write an obituary.
Just because someone has died doesn’t mean they’re already a good person. If you weren’t emotionally close to the person when they were alive, try to just stick to the facts and steer clear of any negative feelings.
If this feels too difficult, it might be easier and less stressful to let someone else write the obituary for you.
Why is cause of death not included in an obituary?
The cause of death isn’t included in an obituary simply because nobody really needs to know. It’s not anyone’s business to know what happened to your loved one. Plus, there’s no rule that you have to include the cause of death in the obit.
People also don’t include the cause of death in an obituary because the family is still likely grieving and seeing the cause of death can be emotionally painful for family members.
Is it OK to write your own obituary?
Many people write their own obituary for one reason or another. There are definitely advantages to writing your own. For example, when you do it yourself, you get to tell your own brief life story.
Plus, you’ll know exactly what your obituary will say when you die, unlike people who don’t pre-write their obit.
Writing your own can also help your family members in the future by saving them from having to do something that could be painful for them during the grieving period.
Obituary Template
When you’re learning how to write an obituary, a template is especially helpful. We can generally break down an obituary template to include general info, life details, family information, memorial service details, and other information. Check out this obituary template to learn how to write and format your own.
To use this obituary template, fill in the information from the following bulleted lists.
General info
In the first section, include general information about the person. This can include the loved one’s:
Full name (including any nicknames)
Age when they died
Date of death, including the day, month, and year
Place of death (such as the city and state)
Residence (for example, the name of the city) at death
Also include where the person was living (although not the person’s full address). It’s best to just stick to a city and state.
Life details
Obituaries also need life details. Using this obituary template, you can fill out information about:
When they were born
Where they were born
What their parents’ names are
Who their siblings are
Any anecdotes about their childhood that you’d like to include
If your loved one was married: the marriage date, the place they were married, and the name of their partner
Where they went to school (could include high school, university, etc.)
Any noteworthy achievements or awards they’ve won
Where they worked (if they weren’t working when they died, you could also include where they worked the majority of their life, or the industry they worked in)
Their military service if they served in any branches of the military
Where they lived or traveled throughout their life
Any of their favorite hobbies or interests
Any affiliations they might have, such as religious, political, charitable, etc.
If you’re comfortable, you can also include any humorous stories or unique things about them.
Family info
Of course, family information is pretty common to include, too. When mentioning family in an obituary, there are two main categories: who the loved one is survived by and who died before them.
For surviving family members, you can include them in the following order:
Their partner (if they were married, engaged, dating, etc.)
Their children (which should be organized by age) and their partners
The loved one’s grandchildren, great-grandchildren, or great-great-grandchildren
Their parents, if they’re still living
Their grandparents, if they’re still living
The loved one’s siblings (also organized by age)
Siblings (in order of date of birth)
You can also include information about other surviving family members. For example, you could mention any important friends, cousins, nephews, nieces, or in-laws depending on their relationship with the loved one. You can even mention pets and their names, especially if they were especially loved to the person who passed away.
Some people choose to also list the city and state for their family members when naming surviving family members.
For people who passed away before your loved one, you can include:
Their partner
Their children (organized by age)
Their grandchildren
The loved one’s siblings (organized by age)
Like the surviving family members’ info, you can also include in-laws, nieces, nephews, and cousins in the section of people who passed away before your loved one. Similarly, you can also mention if they had an especially loved pet who died before them.
You can also include the date or year they died.
Memorial service details
Any details about a memorial service or funeral can be shared in an obituary, too.
If you’re having a funeral, a viewing, a vigil, a graveside service, or some other memorial service, you might want to mention:
When the service is, including the day and time
Where the service is
If there’s a visitation: what day and time it is, as well as where it is
If there’s a reception: what day and time it is, as well as where it is
The name of the funeral home
Name of officiant, pallbearers, honorary pallbearers, other information
If you’d like, you can also include information like the names of the pallbearers or officiant.
Other info to include
There’s other information you can include too, like:
A poem or motivational quote
An acknowledgement of thanks for the people involved
Any memorial funds or place to donate, such as gofundme
If there’s anything else you’d like to include that’s not explicitly stated in the obituary template, feel free.
3 Noteworthy Obituary Examples
If you’re still having trouble visualizing what the obituary could look like based on the above obituary template, some examples might help shed light on what they can look like.
“Euphoria” star Angus Cloud died July 31, 2023 at the age of 25. His family didn’t release his cause of death, as was noted in the New York Times’ obit. The writer details Cloud’s acting on the show “Euphoria” — especially as he had no prior acting experience — and mentioned that although his character was supposed to be killed off, the show’s creator kept Cloud’s character just based on his natural acting abilities.
This article also included a quote from Cloud’s family, who said: “The only comfort we have is knowing Angus is now reunited with his dad, who was his best friend … Angus was open about his battle with mental health and we hope that his passing can be a reminder to others that they are not alone and should not fight this on their own in silence.”
Tori Bowie, a renown, respected Olympic athlete, died April 23, 2023 from complications from childbirth. In NPR’s obituary for Bowie, the writer uses her recent death as a talking point to highlight the risks for Black Americans, especially when it comes to preeclampsia and eclampsia.
This obit also details Bowie’s personal journey and how inspiring it was. NPR also included a quote from Bowie that shows her impressive resolve, who said: “My grandmother’s No. 1 rule was that once you start something, you don’t quit,” she told “Women’s Running.” “From a young age, she never let me give up on anything.”
Famous comedian Robin Williams died on Aug. 11, 2014 by suicide. His sudden death shook the world and resparked conversations about the importance of mental health. The BBC’s obit for Williams commended his work as a comedian, but also for his “more nuanced” acting.
The BBC further details Williams’ life, from his birth to his acceptance into Julliard to his film “Good Morning Vietnam.” The obituary also lists his surviving family members: His widow, Susan Schneider; his daughter Zelda; and his sons Zachary and Cody.
The Key Takeaway
Learning how to write an obituary doesn’t have to be as overwhelming as you’d think. Following an obituary template can also save you some time in terms of considering what to include. You can even use tools like Yoodli to analyze and improve your obituary when you read it out loud.
You can think of being tasked with figuring out how to write an obituary as an honor that you’re more than capable of handling.
If you’re a student, you’ve probably heard about Turnitin: a software that can detect generative AI content in submitted work.
But if you’re not familiar with this popular plagiarism checker, don’t fret — we’ll give you a complete rundown on this impressive AI tool.
Learn all about Turnitin, including why it was created, how it works, and if it can detect language models like ChatGPT.
What Is Turnitin?
Turnitin is a plagiarism checker that detects unoriginal text in students’ work.
Since the popularity of generative AI has skyrocketed, Turnitin emerged as a solution for AI-generated plagiarism.
Why was Turnitin created?
Experts created Turnitin in part to address the increase in plagiarism due to the capabilities of emerging generative AI. Generative AI is a specific type of artificial intelligence that makes new content.
AI is still relatively “new” to the general public, but many students already use AI — whether that’s for personal, academic, or professional use — on the daily. However, a large number of academic institutions consider AI a threat when it comes to original student work.
Because generative AI is an emerging industry in its infancy, it’s hard to predict how it’ll affect the academic landscape. Still, most experts agree that generative AI has the capability to be a significant danger to academic integrity.
For example, AI apps can be leveraged by students to produce text, such as a history paper, for students to then claim as their own.
What apps use generative AI?
There are plenty of apps that use generative AI. Here are five examples of apps that — like Turnitin — use generative AI.
1. ChatGPT
ChatGPT is probably the most notorious generative AI tool. Over over 100 million people use it. It was even featured on a recent episode of “South Park” — a sure sign of generative AI as a pop culture phenomenon as well.
In a nutshell, ChatGPT uses AI technology to produce text responses to prompts. Its responses are based on not only past conversations with the user, but also general context.
2. Yoodli
Yoodli is another type of app that uses generative AI. This app is an AI-powered speech coach that aims to help users improve their speech. Yoodli analyzes a video of a person speaking — whether they’re practicing for an upcoming interview or a speech for school — and highlights areas of improvement.
For example, if you use Yoodli to practice for an upcoming interview, its generative AI capabilities allow Yoodli to ask the user follow-up questions in real time. What’s more, these follow-up questions are actually based on the person’s previous answers.
Yoodli also uses this type of AI in its conversation coach function, too.
To learn more about Yoodli and its capabilities, try out this free app or check out the video below to learn more about it.
Like TurnItIn, Yoodli also relies on generative AI for its conversation, presentation, and speech coaching.
3. WOMBO Dream
While the others on our list are pretty text-based, WOMBO Dream is an AI app that produces striking visual images based on a user’s text prompt.
You can create stunning digital art designed in a plethora of different styles, from realistic to watercolor to abstract and simplistic. The images come in a variety of sizes, too.
4. Bard
Google created Bard, an AI app similar to ChatGPT in that it’s a text-based AI conversation software. In terms of what it can do, Bard is like a sister to ChatGPT.
However, they do differ in one key way. While Bard gets its data from the internet, ChatGPT was trained on a limited dataset.
5. DALL-E 2
DALL-E 2 is yet another up-and-coming generative AI app. This app is similar to WOMBO Dream in that it produces AI images based on a text prompt. Users can make images and then save, download, share, edit, or even create more variations of the same prompt.
Created by OpenAI, millions of people use DALL-E 2. Not surprisingly, its popularity only seems to be increasing.
How Does Turnitin Work?
Turnitin works by analyzing someone’s work — usually the work of a student — to see if there’s matching text. Matching text would suggest that there’s unoriginal, plagiarized writing.
The plagiarism software works by comparing the student’s work to an existing massive database. The database is full of not only other students’ work, but also published work and other resources available on the Internet.
Typically, a student’s teacher or professor sets up Turnitin. After the software has checked over the work, the teacher or professor can also evaluate the students’ work.
When a person submits their work, Turnitin gives them two main insights: a similarity index and an originality report. The similarity index shows users the percentage of the work that matches outside resources.
On the other hand, the originality report analyzes the potential matches in-depth. The report includes any specific sources identified by the app. These could include:
Books
Articles
Websites
Journals
Previously submitted work via Turnitin
This helps academic instructors (and students) better evaluate the work as a whole, especially its originality.
Why do people use Turnitin?
People use Turnitin for a variety of reasons, but it usually boils down to detecting non-original work (AKA, plagiarism).
Usually, people use this app to:
Produce reports to collect instances of plagiarism
Discourage students from cheating or plagiarizing
Allow students to review their own work by eliminating any potential instances of plagiarism
7 Things to Know About Turnitin
Because Turnitin is still relatively new to the academic scene, teachers, students, and other people who are interested in this program have questions about it. So, if you’re still learning about this app, you’re not alone.
Here are seven things to know about Turnitin.
1. Can Turnitin detect ChatGPT?
One of the top questions people have about Turnitin is can it detect ChatGPT use? Long story short, it absolutely can identify ChatGPT content (and will).
In fact, Turnitin can recognize content generated by ChatGPT with a whopping 98% accuracy. That’s why it’s always best to create and submit original work as opposed to using a generative AI tool like ChatGPT.
2. What schools use Turnitin?
Many schools across the globe use Turnitin. In fact, in the United Kingdom, this software is utilized in an impressive 98% of universities, primarily to help with feedback and grading, and of course, to make sure all the work submitted is original.
It’s also used in colleges across the United States, including schools like:
Cornell University
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of North Texas
Baylor University
University of Florida
And many other large public universities
3. Does Turnitin identify plagiarism?
In terms of identifying instances of plagiarism, there’s a common misconception. Turnitin doesn’t specifically point out plagiarism. On the contrary, this software gives users a report that shows areas where unoriginality is likely.
Because of this, reports should always be evaluated in detail by the student and/or the professor.
4. Is Turnitin free?
Turnitin isn’t technically free — it costs money to subscribe and use its services. However, if you’re a student, you likely won’t have to pay for a subscription. Instead, the university or professor pays for Turnitin while students can use it for “free.”
Still, Turnitin offers a free trial for 60 days for those interested. The free trial includes your own teacher account, a hundred student accounts, and access to all Revision Assistant prompts and resources.
5. Does Turnitin detect Grammarly paraphrasing?
In order to make their work more original, many students use tools like Grammarly to paraphrase parts of their work. Grammarly can check for spelling, grammar, and cohesiveness, among other aspects of a person’s work. As such, students often worry that Turnitin will flag their work simply because they used Grammarly.
Luckily, that isn’t the case. The Turnitin software hasn’t been trained on Grammarly’s specific grammar, punctuation, and spelling edits. Instead, Turnitin evaluates work for AI content created by large language models (LLMs). As mentioned above, this includes ChatGPT.
6. Is 14% good on Turnitin?
With the way Turnitin works, the user analyzing a student’s work will receive a score in the form of a percentage. The percent is linked to the likelihood of matching text.
For example, if a work receives a score of 14%, it’s not likely that the student plagiarized. However, anything over 25% is considered a high score, suggesting plagiarism did take place.
7. Does Turnitin save your work?
One thing users should know about Turnitin is that the software saves your work in a massive database. Turnitin stores your work here in order to evaluate it against all future submissions.
However, the person who created the work that was submitted still owns the intellectual property and the copyright.
Turnitin Alternatives
There are also Turnitin alternatives if you’re looking for a similar tool to use. Here are a few worthy Turnitin alternatives to check out.
Plagiarism Checker X
One such tool is Plagiarism Checker X. With this software, a user can search for similar or identical text across 16 billion indexed pages in search engines like Google. You’ll get a report with details regarding duplication and plagiarism.
Unlike Turnitin, assignments and documents aren’t stored online as you don’t need to upload your content to Plagiarism Checker X. This is a big reason that teachers, students, bloggers, and writers prefer this Turnitin alternative.
Grammarly Business
Grammarly Business is another popular choice. Compared to Turnitin, people report that Grammarly Business is easier to use overall, including the initial set-up and admin capabilities.
Like Turnitin, it can check your content for any potential instances of plagiarism. In addition to that, it can also evaluate your grammar, spelling, punctuation, tone, flow, and a whole host of other metrics.
PlagiarismCheck.org
This resource, like Turnitin, finds similarities or duplicative, plagiarized information within content. Similar to Grammarly Business, PlagiarismCheck.org also checks for spelling and grammar errors so the user can make sure their work is shipshape. Not only that, but it supports more than 15 different languages, which is very convenient.
People also say that PlagiarismCheck.org has a better, more accessible support team than Turnitin.
Unicheck
Unicheck uses AI technology to evaluate a piece of work for plagiarism, just like Turnitin. Like PlagiarismCheck.org, it also offers services in more than just English.
Unicheck supports languages like:
Danish
Ukrainian
German
Turkish
English
Spanish
French
Russian
Portuguese
Unicheck can also integrate into learning management systems if needed.
PlagScan
This plagiarism checker pairs the work in question against tons of documents and websites to identify questionable areas. It’s easy to navigate and helps to guarantee the authenticity of a student’s work.
Like Turnitin, PlagScan stores assignments to be checked against future submissions. It comes highly recommended as a Turnitin alternative, and users rave about the ease of use of this particular tool.
The Key Takeaway
Turnitin is a powerful plagiarism checking tool that helps users recognize instances of plagiarism and unoriginality in their work. Whether you’re a teacher, a student, or just someone who likes to make sure their work is original, Turnitin is a worthy program to use.
With the influx of other generative AI apps such as Yoodli, the capacity for AI is only increasing.
We’ve collected 15 famous speeches by women in history that provide a glimpse into the power and persuasian of women over time. From Hatshepsut’s coronation speech to Michelle Obama’s keynote address at the 2020 Democratic National Convention, you’ll see how words have the power to move people to belief and action.
So, let’s dive in to this fascinating journey through time.
#1: Hatshepsut • Coronation Speech • c. 1473 BC
Hatshepsut ruled Egypt from c. 1479/8 to 1458 BC. When she ascended to the throne, she gave a speech to the Egyptian people, declaring her divine right to rule and her commitment to upholding Egypt’s traditions. The speech was recorded on the “Dream Stela.”
The speech was a powerful and persuasive declaration of Hatshepsut’s legitimacy as ruler, helping her solidify her position as pharaoh and inspire the people of Egypt to follow her leadership.
#2: Queen Esther • Speech to King Ahasuerus • c. 479 BC
Next up in our list of famous speeches by women in history is Queen Esther’s speech to King Ahasuerus. This is also one of the most famous speeches in the Bible. Esther risked her life to go before the king with a major request. First, she reminded the king of his duty to protect his subjects. Then, the queen bravely told him that she was a Jew, and that Haman’s plan to kill her people was unjust. Ultimately, she asked the king to spare the Jews.
At first, the king was angry with her for coming before him without being summoned, but her words eventually persuaded him. He ordered the execution of Haman, and he issued a decree to protect the Jews from harm.
Esther’s speech is a powerful and moving story of courage, compassion, and the power of words. It’s a reminder that we all have the power to make a difference in the world, even if it means taking risks.
#3: Joan of Arc • Trial Testimony • 1431
Joan of Arc’s trial testimony was part of a series of interrogations that took place in Rouen, France, from February 21 to May 24, 1431. Judges appointed by the English, who controlled northern France, oversaw the trial. They accused Joan of heresy, witchcraft, and cross-dressing.
Joan’s testimony is one of the most important sources of information about her life and beliefs. She described her childhood, her visions, and her mission to lead the French army to victory against the English. She spoke about her belief that God chose her to save France.
Judges often interrupted Joan’s testimony. But, she refused to recant her testimony. On May 24, 1431, the judges found Joan guilty of heresy and sentenced her to death by burning at the stake.
#4: Queen Elizabeth I • Spanish Armada Crisis • 1588
Queen Elizabeth I’s speech to her troops at Tilbury Camp in 1588 was a powerful and inspiring call to arms. She spoke in response to the Spanish Armada’s planned invasion of England. The queen knew her people were afraid, but she wasn’t. She herself would take up arms and even die if necessary. She urged her troops to fight bravely, as she was willing to do.
The speech was a landmark moment in English history. It helped rally the troops and boost morale. It also helped to solidify Elizabeth’s reputation as a strong and decisive leader.
#5: Sojourner Truth • “Ain’t I a Woman?” • 1851
Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech was a powerful and influential speech in the history of the women’s rights movement. She challenged the prevailing notion that women were inferior to men by asking a series of rhetorical questions and speaking about her own strength, intelligence, and importance as a mother.
Truth’s speech, delivered on May 29, 1851, at the Woman’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio, was a moving call to action. It inspired women all over the country to fight for their rights.
Still, her speech doesn’t come without some controversy. Although many people don’t realize, Truth’s first language wasn’t English and contrary to popular belief, she never lived in the Southern U.S. A man named Frances D. Gage changed her dialect to imitate that of a Southern slave. This completely removed all traces of Truth’s Dutch heritage and instead replaced it with Gage’s own, inaccurate version: “Ain’t I a Woman?”
#6: Susan B. Anthony • “On Women’s Right to Vote” • 1873
Next up in our list of famous speeches by women in history is Susan B. Anthony’s speech “On Women’s Right to Vote” — a powerful and impassioned call for women’s suffrage. She argued that women are citizens and that they have the same rights as men, including the right to vote. Anthony delivered the speech on May 19, 1873, at the New York State Woman Suffrage Convention in Albany, New York.
Not everyone in attendance received the speech well. Some people interrupted Anthony and tried to silence her. However, she was able to finish. The speech was a success, helping to galvanize the women’s suffrage movement. Today, people still remember it as a classic example of oratory.
#7: Virginia Woolf • “A Room of One’s Own” • 1928
Author Virginia Woolf’s two-part lecture “A Room of One’s Own” argues that women need financial independence and a room of their own in order to write fiction. Woolf delivered the lecture in 1928 at the women-only Cambridge colleges of Girton and Newnham. In 1929, she published it as a book.
“A Room of One’s Own” is a classic work of feminist literature that has inspired generations of women to pursue their dreams. It’s also a reminder that women need to be able to write freely in order to achieve equality.
#8: Eleanor Roosevelt • “The Struggle for Human Rights” • 1948
Eleanor Roosevelt’s speech “The Struggle for Human Rights” was a call to action for the protection and promotion of human rights. Speaking in Paris on September 28, 1948, the former first lady argued that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was a “living document” that people should put into practice.
The speech is a powerful reminder that all people, regardless of their nationality, religion, or sex, should be treated with dignity and respect.
#9: Queen Elizabeth II • Coronation Speech • 1953
Next up in our list of famous speeches by women in history is Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation speech. Broadcast live on radio and television on June 2, 1953, it was a landmark moment in British history. The speech set the tone for Elizabeth’s long and successful reign. It was notable for its emphasis on peace and understanding. In a world that was still recovering from the Second World War, Queen Elizabeth II’s call for peace was a welcome message.
The British people received the speech well, and it helped to solidify Queen Elizabeth II’s position as a symbol of hope and unity.
Mother Teresa’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech was a powerful and moving call to action, delivered in Oslo on December 10, 1979. She spoke about the importance of love and compassion for the poor and the suffering. She said that “the greatest disease in the world today is not leprosy, nor TB, nor malaria but rather the feeling of being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for.”
Mother Teresa’s speech was a landmark moment in the fight against poverty and suffering, inspiring people all over the world. The speech is still relevant today, as it continues to challenge us to think about the needs of “the least of these.”
#11: Margaret Thatcher • “The Lady’s Not for Turning” • 1980
UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher delivered her famous “The Lady’s Not for Turning” speech to the Conservative Party Conference in Brighton on October 10, 1980. She responded to critics of her economic policies, who were calling for her to abandon her plans for a radical economic overhaul. Thatcher said that she wouldn’t abandon her plans and that she would continue to pursue her vision of a free-market economy.
The speech was a landmark moment in British political history. It marked Thatcher’s determination to stay the course on her economic policies, and it helped to cement her reputation as a strong and decisive leader.
#12: Benazir Bhutto • Return From Exile • 1986
Benazir Bhutto served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan. She was the first woman to head a democratic government in a Muslim-majority country. Bhutto gave a powerful and emotional speech in Lahore on April 10, 1986, calling for democracy in Pakistan. She had been in exile from the country for nearly nine years, and this was her first public appearance since coming home to Pakistan.
Bhutto called for the overthrow of the military dictatorship of General Zia-ul-Haq and for the restoration of democracy. She said that democracy is the only way forward and that the country cannot progress under military rule. She also said that the people of Pakistan will not give up until they achieve democracy. The speech helped galvanize the opposition to Zia-ul-Haq’s rule. People still remember it as a classic example of oratory.
#13: Maya Angelou • “On the Pulse of Morning” • 1993
Next up in our list of famous speeches by women in history is Maya Angelou’s “On the Pulse of Morning” — a powerful and moving call to action. In her poem, she spoke about the importance of hope, resilience, and the human spirit. She said that we are the dream and the hope of the world and that we must never give up on ourselves.
Angelou delivered her poem at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton at the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 1993. It was the first time that a poet delivered a poem at an inauguration, and it helped solidify Maya Angelou’s reputation as one of the most important voices of her generation.
#14: Malala Yousafzai • Speech to the United Nations • 2013
Malala Yousafzai addressed the United Nations on July 12, 2013 — her 16th birthday. She spoke about her experience as a young girl whom the Taliban shot for speaking out for the right to education, and she urged the world to stand up for girls’ rights. Malala’s speech is a reminder that all girls, regardless of their background, deserve to have access to education.
The speech was also a major boost for the Malala Fund, which works to provide education to girls around the world. The Malala Fund has helped to provide education to over one million girls in Pakistan, Nigeria, and other countries.
#15: Michelle Obama • Democratic National Convention • 2020
Former first lady Michelle Obama gave a moving speech at the Democratic National Convention on August 17, 2020. In the convention’s keynote address, she spoke about the importance of hope, resilience, and the American dream. She talked about her own experiences as a Black woman in America, and she urged the country to come together and heal from its divisions.
Obama’s speech was a landmark moment in American history, as it was the first time that a former first lady had given a speech at the Democratic National Convention.
Wrapping Up
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Note: This post was created in partnership with artificial intelligence.
